PHENOMENAL RATE.
TWENTY SHILLINGS IN THE £. London, March 24. The Local Government rate in Poplar, a poor East End suburb of London, nas been fixed at 20s in the £. [The East Ham local frovernment rate of lis Cd in the £ has been frequently quoted as an outstanding example of high rating in London. The local authorities in England pay the costs involved under the Poor Laws, and have many functions involving expenditure in addition to those usually vested In municipal councils in New Zealand.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1920, Page 3
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84PHENOMENAL RATE. Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1920, Page 3
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